✨ Appointments and Court Notices




  1. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

the Electoral Districts set opposite his name,
from the 1st July next.
JOHN GILLIES, Esq. { Town of Dunedin,
Dunedin Country.
HENRY JOHN TANCRED.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 31st May, 1859.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint the following person
to be Returning Officer for the Election of
Members of the Provincial Councils for the
Electoral Districts set opposite his name, from
the 1st July next.
JOHN GILLIES, Esq. { Town of Dunedin,
Town of PortChalmers
Eastern District,
Western District,
Central District,
Tokomariro,
Northern Division,
Clutha.
HENRY JOHN TANCRED.

WHEREAS by the "District Courts Act,
1858," it is provided that there
shall be, within the Colony, Courts
of Record possessing Civil and Criminal
Jurisdiction, to be called District Courts, and
the Governor is empowered from time to time,
by notification in the New Zealand Gazette,
to fix the time and places within the Dis-
trict at which every such Court shall be held.
Now, therefore, I, Thomas Gore Browne,
Governor of the Colony, do hereby, in pursu-
ance and execution of the said power and
authority, fix that sessions of the District
Court of Nelson shall be held at the Town of
Nelson, in the Province of Nelson, on the
Fifteenth day of every month, unless such day
shall happen to be on a Sunday or Holiday,
when such Session shall be held on the day
immediately succeeding.

As witness my hand this thirty-first
day of May, one thousand eight
hundred and fifty-nine.
T. GORE BROWNE.

By His Excellency's command,
FREDK. WHITAKER.

Attorney-General's Office,
Auckland, 31st May, 1859.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint
THOMAS BECKHAM, Esq.,
to be the Judge of the District Court of Auck-
land to exercise the limited jurisdiction conferred
by the 4th section of "The District Courts
Act, 1858."
FREDK. WHITAKER.

Attorney-General's Office,
Auckland, 31st May, 1859.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint
JAMES JOHN PIERCY, Esq.,
to be Clerk of the District Court of Auckland.
FREDK. WHITAKER.

Office of Minister for Native Affairs,
Auckland, 30th May, 1859.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint
Mr. RICHARD WOON
to lay informations under the "Native Land
Purchase Ordinance," Session VII., No. 19.
C. W. RICHMOND.



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πŸ›οΈ Appointment of Registration Officer for House of Representatives Election (continued from previous page)

πŸ›οΈ Governance & Central Administration
31 May 1859
Registration Officer, Election, House of Representatives, Electoral Districts
  • JOHN GILLIES (Esquire), Appointed for Electoral Districts
  • HENRY JOHN TANCRED, Appointed for Electoral Districts

πŸ›οΈ Appointment of Returning Officers for Provincial Council Elections

πŸ›οΈ Governance & Central Administration
31 May 1859
Returning Officer, Provincial Council, Election, Appointments, Districts
  • JOHN GILLIES (Esquire), Appointed Returning Officer for Provincial Councils
  • HENRY JOHN TANCRED, Appointed Returning Officer for Provincial Councils

βš–οΈ Fixing sessions for the District Court of Nelson

βš–οΈ Justice & Law Enforcement
31 May 1859
District Court, Nelson, Sessions, Jurisdiction
  • T. Gore Browne, Governor
  • Fredk. Whitaker

βš–οΈ Appointment of Judge for the District Court of Auckland

βš–οΈ Justice & Law Enforcement
31 May 1859
Judge, District Court, Auckland, Jurisdiction
  • THOMAS BECKHAM (Esquire), Appointed Judge of District Court

  • Fredk. Whitaker

βš–οΈ Appointment of Clerk for the District Court of Auckland

βš–οΈ Justice & Law Enforcement
31 May 1859
Clerk, District Court, Auckland, Appointment
  • JAMES JOHN PIERCY (Esquire), Appointed Clerk of District Court

  • Fredk. Whitaker

πŸͺΆ Appointment to lay informations under Native Land Purchase Ordinance

πŸͺΆ Māori Affairs
30 May 1859
Native Land Purchase Ordinance, Informant, Appointment
  • RICHARD WOON (Mr.), Appointed to lay informations

  • C. W. Richmond